To reach the coffee regions of Loja and Zamora on Ecuador’s southern border with Peru visitors will travel straight across the central part of the Andes Mountain range, climbing to…
Arabica coffee in Ecuador is not only strictly grown coffee but in most of the producing regions growers can claim to be growing “alpine coffee” as a majority of farms…
Of the total Ecuadorian Arabica production some 70 percent of beans are processed as “Natural Arabicas” in which the freshly picked coffee cherries are dried complete with the pulp –…
Ecuador is one of only 15 countries in the world that grows and exports both Arabica and Robusta coffee, the two main species of coffee two main coffee species that…
But one of Ecuador’s undisputed jewels in coffee is found at the rare and exotic wonder of nature at the Galapagos Islands. Galapagos has long been famous for being one…
Local demand for roast and ground coffee, however, is on the rise, having increased over 40 percent in the last 5 years alone and local consumers still hold high regard…
Another surprise to many is that Ecuador is home to a significant industrial production of soluble and instant coffee, all manufactured under the near monopoly held by Café Elcafe, which…
SEP 2 (SpillingTheBeans)–September Arabica coffee prices did not trade Monday as the ICE futures exchange in New York was closed for Sep 2 Labor Day holiday. But a trader told…
AUG 30 (SpillingTheBeans)–September Arabica coffee prices continued to erode on Friday at the ICE futures exchange in New York, settling down 1.05 cents at $1.1210 per pound as the market…
AUG 23 (SpillingTheBeans)–September Arabica coffee prices ended the week at new 4-year lows at the ICE futures exchange in New York, settling down 0.15 cents at $1.1305 per pound. Prices…
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